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Info on Slovakian generals??

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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 24 Mar 2002, 10:58

With no luck on the Bulgarian generals (surprise!), I'm now trying to get some information on Slovakian generals. Can anyone provide me with information on the following Slovakian generals? You know, years of birth-death, ranks & appointments. (Any sources will also do).

Stefan Jurek
Augustin Malar
Rudolf Pilfousek
Anton Pulanich
Josef Turanec

As Slovakia is closer to Germany than Bulgaria, maybe this “Axis”-forum can be of assistance. Yes, I know. I’m being provocative again. :P
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Post by Marcus » 24 Mar 2002, 11:26

Steen,

Two booksuggestions for you:

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"Germany's First Ally: Armed Forces of the Slovak State 1939-1945" by Charles K. Kliment & Bretislav Nakladal
"Axis Slovakia: Hitler’s Slavic Wedge, 1938-1945" by Mark Axworthy (I'm not sure if this one has been published yet)

btw. I've actually been planning to spend some time studying the Slovak forces, so I will keep your request in mind and let you know if I find anything.

/Marcus


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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 24 Mar 2002, 14:16

Marcus,

Thank you for the suggestions. I’ll try to get hold off them. However I fear that they are too superficial for my purpose. So please have me in mind when researching the Slovakian forces.
Do you know how many pages “Germany’s First Ally …” is?

Anyone else, please don’t refrain from answering my questions because of this. Let me know you are out there (besides Marcus). :lol:
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Post by Marcus » 24 Mar 2002, 14:19

Steen,

I don't now the number of pages, but I will let you know once I have bought it.

/Marcus

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Post by USAF1986 » 24 Mar 2002, 15:49

Steen,

I wish I had more to provide, but here's the "stock" information I'm sure you already have on two of these officers:

Gen.Maj. Augustin Malár
Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross: 23 January 1942, Commander of the Slovak Schnelle Division (“Swift Division” or "Rýchla Divizia" in Czech).

Gen.Maj. Josef Turanec
Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross: 7 August 1942, Commander of the Slovak Schnelle Division.

There is a great photo of each of these officers wearing their Knight's Cross in "Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, Vol. 3: Albania, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungary and Yugoslavia" by David Littlejohn M.A., A.L.A. (R. James Bender Publishing, San Jose, CA, 1985). Unfortunately, that's about all the book has on Slovak generals. It does have some pretty decent photos/illustrations of all the Slovak badges, awards and decorations including the Commemorative Badge of the "Schnelle Division" on the Russian Front which, I'm sure, both generals were entitled to wear.

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Slovakian Ritterkreuzträger...

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Post by Michael Miller » 24 Mar 2002, 20:10

Just found the following at http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de (one of my five favorite sites on the internet). Alas, no date of death provided.

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Malar, Augustin
* 18.07.1894 in Gwiesen
RK am 23.01.1942 als GenMaj, Kdr slow.Schnelle-Div b. HGr Süd



Turanec, Joseph
* 07.03.1892 in Sucany/Slow.

RK am 07.08.1942 als GenMaj u. Kdr slow. Schnelle-Div b. HGr A

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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 25 Mar 2002, 19:59

Thanks Michael & ???? (Must admit I really don't like these synonyms, some very childish and some really damaging to the creditability I give their postings). Anyway thank you.

I didn’t know that site. It looks like a very useful tool for your work.
Luckily I already got the years of death on Malar and Turenc. Malar died in 1945, but does anyone know whether he died in German prison or did the Germans execute him (having participated in the Slovak National Raising)?

Still looking for information on the other Slovakian generals. Maybe they got some other German award making it possible to get some info on them :wink:
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Post by Michael Miller » 26 Mar 2002, 05:37

Glad to help, Steen.

Don't know what you mean by "synonyms" in that context, though.
I don't see anything in the names of those who've posted in this thread that might cause offense or be deemed as childish...

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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 26 Mar 2002, 08:00

Mike,

You are right! None in this thread is offensive or childish, and it was the wrong place to make that remark. It should have been made in the comments section as I was speaking generally. My apologies to USAF1986 (although I still prefers real names, but then again Steen Ammentorp might be a synonym as well 8) who is to know?). I know it’s idiosyncratic, but there we are!

Sorry
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Post by David Thompson » 20 Jul 2002, 23:08

This may be the same fellow as Josef Turanec, but perhaps not.

Turanec, Jan [Slovakian General] -- {sentenced to death by firing squad 10 Dec 1947 by a Czech court at Bratislava for actions during the Slovak uprising of 1944-1945; subsequent fate unknown (NYT 11 Dec 1947:3:1).}

Here are some other Czechoslovakian generals:

Bartos, Frantisek (c. 1880-1946) [Czech General] -- {condemned to death for treason by a Czechoslovakian court; hanged in the courtyard of Pankrac prison at Prague 16 Sept 1946 (NYT 17 Sept 1946:14:1).}

Blaha, Otto (c. 1880-1946) [Czech General of Gendarmerie] – {convicted 21 Jan 1946 by the Czech National Court at Prague of war crimes (betraying his friends to the Gestapo); sentenced to death and hanged a few hours later (NYT 22 Jan 1946:9:1).}

Emminger, Yaroslaw [Czech General] -- {arrest on collaboration charges announced 28 May 1945 by Russian news service Tass (NYT 29 May 1945:10:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}

Kubala, Otomar (c. 1906-1946) -- Slovakian commander, Hlinka Guard {sentenced to death for treason by a Czech national court 24 Aug 1946 and executed by firing squad at Bratislava 29 August 1946 (NYT 30 Aug 1946:6:5).}

Mohapi, Gustav [Czech General] – Czech Army General Staff {convicted 21 Jan 1946 by the Czech National Court at Prague of war crimes (trying to enlist Czech volunteers into the German armed forces) and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment (NYT 22 Jan 1946:9:1).}

Richtermoc, Robert (c. 1875-1946) [Czech General of Gendarmerie] -- {convicted 21 Jan 1946 by the Czech National Court at Prague of war crimes (initiating a plan to conscript 400,000 Czechs into the German Army) and hanged a few hours later (NYT 22 Jan 1946:9:1).}

Syrovy, Yan (1888-?) [Czechoslovakian General] -- acting Premier for the Protectorate Government of Bohemia and Moravia (Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren) Apr 1939; Premier for the Protectorate Government; Minister of Defense for the Protectorate Government {arrest on collaboration charges announced 28 May 1945 by Russian news service Tass (NYT 29 May 1945:10:2); sentenced 21 Apr 1947 to 20 years imprisonment by a Czech court for collaboration (NYT 22 Apr 1947:19:3; LT 22 Apr 1947:3c); reportedly died in prison (ABR-Bohemia & Moravia).}

Talsky, Vilian [Slovakian General] -- commander, Slovakian Eastern Army Group {sentenced to 15 years imprisonment 10 Dec 1947 by a Czech court at Bratislava for actions during the Slovak uprising of 1944-1945 (NYT 11 Dec 1947:3:1).}

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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 22 Jul 2002, 08:13

Hi David,

Thank you very much for your effort both on the Slovakian & Bulgarian generals, I have some follow up questions. But at the moment I have disabled my computer at home, nor does my internet connection work. Not until Friday, but then I’ll return.

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Post by AJK » 23 Jul 2002, 16:54

Hi Steen!

Anton Pulanich was born in 1884, and in 1939 was C-in-C of the Air Force. If I find anything more detailed, I'll let you know.

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Post by KACKO » 06 Oct 2006, 19:21

Stefan Jurek - Stefan Jurech
Augustin Malar
Rudolf Pilfousek - he didn't has rank of general in Slovak army
Anton Pulanich - 09. June 1898 - 4.february 1945 executed by Germans in Berlin 1945
Josef Turanec - Jozef Turanec, he died in 1957 in prison (It is said it was heart attack)

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Rudolf Pilfousek

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Post by Nika » 03 Nov 2006, 10:58

Greetings everybody!

Does anyone have pictures of Rudolf Pilfousek, or further information about his military career and localization during the years of 1941-44?

Thanks a lot!
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Post by Abel Ravasz » 03 Nov 2006, 13:34

Oberst Rudolf Pilfousek

1938 chief of staff of the 6. Division of the Czechoslovak Army
early 39 (?) 2. Infantry Division, Slovak Army, in Presov (peacetime unit)
22/6/41 Slovak Rapid Group, Soviet Union
8/7/41 Slovak Rapid Brigade, Soviet Union
22/8/41 brigade dissolved
10/8/42 Slovak Security Division, Soviet Union.
1/8/43 2. Slovak Infantry Division (reformed from the Sec. Div.)
10/8/43 hands over command to Oberst Peknik
44 Divisional Area 2, Slovakia (2. "peacetime" division)
44 I. Slovak Army Corps, HGr Nordukraine ("Eastern Slovakian Army")
6/44 unit disarmed by the Germans
44 joins Waffen-SS as Standartenführer
10/44 deployed with the 16. SS Panzergrenadier-Division
45 commander of the Heimatschutz Slowakei


Hope this helps,

Abel

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